Famous Alumni:
Alumni and actives gather together at the 75th reunion of their chapter
Though the active members of a fraternity play a vital role, the alumni of the Greek System are, without a doubt, the most integral part. They provide knowledge from their leadership experience, monetary donations, and inspiration for our active members. We are proud of all our alumni, but have selected some of the most notable Cornell fraternity members and listed them below:
Peter F. Baranay, President, Abro Industries, Inc.
-Phi Kappa Tau
Jeff Berardelli, Meteorologist
-Alpha Sigma Phi
Samuel R. Berger, National Security Advisor
- Phi Gamma Delta
Gary Bettman, NHL Commissioner
-Alpha Epsilon Pi
Dr. Ken Blanchard, Author, The One Minute Manager
Sam Bodman, Current Secretary of Energy
-Alpha Sigma Phi
Paul Breitenbach, Vice President of Marketing for Priceline.com
-Zeta Beta Tau
Charles F. Chapman, Cornell `30, founder, Charles F. Chapman School of Seamanship
-Phi Kappa Tau
James W. Curtis, Brigadier General of the United States Army
-Phi Kappa Tau
Ken Dryden, Hall of Fame hockey goalie, Author, Canadian Politician
-Sigma Phi Society
David Duffield '62, Founder and Former CEO, PeopleSoft; Founder, Workday, Inc.
-Beta Theta Pi
Willis DuPont, President of DuPont Chemicals
-Sigma Pi
Fred Eydt, Drafted to Boston Celtics from Cornell
-Alpha Sigma Phi
John T. Elfvin, Cornell `38, U.S. District Court Judge of New York
-Phi Kappa Tau
Chuck Feeney, Businessman and philanthropist who founded Atlantic
Philanthropies
-Alpha Sigma Phi
Art Gensler, Founder of M. Arthur Gensler Jr. Associates
-Alpha Delta Phi
Kent Hubbell, Dean of Students, Cornell University
-Alpha Delta Phi
Irwin Jacobs, Founder, Former CEO, Chairman of Qualcomm,inventor of the cellphone
-Sigma Alpha Mu
Jules Kroll, Private Investigtions and Security Firm
-Zeta Beta Tau
Carl A. Kroch '35, Founder, Kroch and Brentano's Bookstores
-Beta Theta Pi
Charles R. Lee, Chairman and co-CEO, Bell Atlantic
-Phi Gamma Delta
John Lindseth '56, Cornell Presidential Councillor and Trustee Emeritus
-Beta Theta Pi
Peter Meinig, Chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Chairman and CEO of HM International, Inc
-Phi Gamma Delta
Dr. Roger Morse, Cornell `48, chair, Cornell Department of Entomology; renowned
expert on beekeeping
-Phi Kappa Tau
Floyd R. Newman, Cornell `57, Chairman of Ashland Oil Co., benefactor to Cornell
University; F.R. Newman Arboretum of the Cornell Plantations,
Newman Labs, and Helen Newman Hall
-Phi Kappa Tau
Thomas J. Peters, Author, In Search of Excellence
-Phi Gamma Delta
Robert Rosenberg, former CEO of Dunkin Donuts
-Zeta Beta Tau
Dick Schwartz, benefactor for Schwartz center for the Arts
-Zeta Beta Tau
Philip F. Searle, Cornell `47, retired chairman, SunTrust Banks of Florida
-Phi Kappa Tau
Donald E. Snyder Sr., Cornell `49, Chairman and CFO, Eastman Kodak Corp.
-Phi Kappa Tau
Harold Tanner, former Chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees
-Sigma Alpha Mu
Ratan Tata, Present Chairman of the Tata Group
-Alpha Sigma Phi
Robert Tishman, of Tishman-Speyer Real Estate
-Zeta Beta Tau
Kurt Vonnegut, Author
-Delta Upsilon
Jay Walker, Founder of Priceline.com
-Sigma Phi Society
Whit Watson, Anchor, Sportswriter, ESPN
-Phi Gamma Delta
Luther S. West, Scientist-Consultant to the World Health Organization and United
Nations and Chief of Medical Entomology at the Army Medical School
-Sigma Pi
Barry Weiss, President and CEO of Jive Records
-Sigma Pi
Sanford Weill, Former CEO Citigroup
-Alpha Epsilon Pi
Andrew Dickson White, Founder of Cornell University, Founder of the Epsilon chapter of The Sigma Phi Society
-Sima Phi Society
E.B. White, Author
-Phi Gamma Delta
"The Blanchards are
a married alumni couple who talked to our chapters about teamwork,
networking, and leadership responsibility. The Blanchards agreed that
their fraternal and sorority experiences were among the best lessons of
their life. Impacts on friendship, business and marriage were significant." -
Jason Georges